Diverse Capitals

Persepolis, Iran (486 BC)

Promotion of long-distance trade and courier service

Saith King Darius: I am a Persian. Setting out from Persia, I conquered Egypt. I ordered this canal dug from the river called the Nile that flows in Egypt, to the sea that begins in Persia. When the canal had been dug as I ordered, ships went from Egypt through this canal to Persia, even as I intended.

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Old

Diverse inscription (for diverse nations in unique empire)

Old Persian Elamite Babylonian

Egyptian

Statement by Darius I (515 BC) in trilingual inscription

Commerce development

Standardized coinage,

Standardized the weights and measures

Replaced irregular tribute (payments with formal taxes)

Seleucid Dynasty (330-150 BC)

Alexander the Great had conquered Alexander the Great had conquered Persia and had, in doing so, Persia and had, in doing so, conquered most of the world. conquered most of the world.

For most of the world belonged to For most of the world belonged to Persia; in a blink of an eye, it now fell Persia; in a blink of an eye, it now fell to the Greeks. .to the Greeks. .

AlexanderAlexander356- 323 BC356- 323 BC

The Parthian dynasty (248 BC – 224 AD)

Silk road

The Sassanid dynasty (224 BC – 651 AD)

6000 BC 6000 BC Jirfot CivilizationJirfot Civilization

3200-539 BC3200-539 BC Porto-Elamite followed by Elamite Dynasty Porto-Elamite followed by Elamite Dynasty

3000-2000 BC 3000-2000 BC Migration of Indo-European nominate Migration of Indo-European nominate

550 BC550 BCAchaemenid DynastyAchaemenid Dynasty

248 BC-224 AD 248 BC-224 AD Parthian DynastyParthian Dynasty

224-651 AD224-651 AD Sassanid DynastySassanid Dynasty

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